Asus P9X79 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140725
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 13:44
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3930K-$280 33,172 User benchmarks, average bench 74% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 753 74% 608 Pts	64-Core 897 56% 897 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2055 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.7 84% 103 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4736 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1573 (B1) Unknown 71 71 145 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 41 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 11 (EB) Unknown 99 99 702 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50659370909	59.6% Above average	Read 478 Write 267 Mixed 270 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 12.3 78% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 42.5 DQ Mixed 10.7 15% 27.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 189GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 135 2016 (04) Start/Stop count 55 55 45013 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3395 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 8903 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 751 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2401845 (C2) HDA temperature 115 88 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.7% Average	Read 76.7 Write 79 Mixed 76.8 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.12 59% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 47%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 172GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 116 116 25790841171 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5018 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 68 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3261 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5283 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 279173726240 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 68 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16	41.2% Average	Read 72.6 Write 71.1 Mixed 72.7 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 Micron ITC Adata AM2U139C4P2-S01S 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 45.9 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 39.8 124% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.3 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 53%

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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	544x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	390x
Core i7-4930KIntel $100Bench 77%, 22,204 samples	92x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	38x
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	36x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	34x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples	20x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $877

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16